Tiger Woods wakes up in middle of night to prepare for The Open

Woods wakes up well before dawn to get his body ready for Royal Portrush.

Tue, 9 Jul 2019

Tiger Woods has revealed he is already adapting to the five-hour time difference at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland for next week's Open Championship by waking up to train at 1am back home on the East Coast of the United States.

If there was slight concern from Padraig Harrington that Woods was not taking things seriously enough after bypassing tournament action in the lead-up to golf's final major of the year, the 15-time major champion took to his Instagram Story at 1am (US time) to prove otherwise.

“If you want succeed and you want to get better and you want to win and accomplish your goals, it all starts with getting up early,” Woods said on Nike's Instagram story.